Improvement in oil-cans



WLH. BARTELS OIL-GAN.

No. 193,212. ,ranma-M1511?,1877.

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`of a vertical sectional view of my WILLIAM H. BARTELS, OF ELGIN,ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO WALDO R. EATON, OF SAMEPLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN OIL-CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 193,212, dated July 17,1v877; application filed June 27, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BAn'rELs, ofElgin, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented a newand valuable Improvement in Ol- Gans; and I do vhereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and tothe letters and iigures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation oil can, and Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the same.

My present invention is intended as an improvement on the oil-can forwhich Letters Patent No. 189,682 were granted to me April 17, 1877 andit consists essentially in stops formed on the screw-cap and upon themetal collar of the can, and in the combination of parts, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention.

A represents the outer case or receptacle, made of tin or other metal,in cylindrical form, as shown. B is the glass can or bottle,

made slightly tapering, so that its lower end will be a trie smaller indiameter than the upper end, and when the can, therefore, is insertedinto the case A, with packing a interposedibetween them, the can becomeswedged in the case.

The bottom of the can B is made flat and A two, three, or morethicknesses of' the felt or other packing is placed between it and thebottom of the case A.

G is the usual screw-threaded collar, made fast on the neck of the canB; and D is the screw-cap, provided with the outlettube D and screwed onsaid collar.

This screw-cap isordinarily struck up of sheet metal, and hence willeasily split or otherwise get broken if screwed up too far; and if oncescrewed too far, the out1et-tube cannot be allowed to remain in itsproper po. sition-at right angles to the carrying bailwithout the capleaking.

- To obviate this diliiculty I provide the screw-collar G on one side,near the base, with a lug or projection, b, and the base of thescrew-cap D is provided with a shoulder or projection, d, which formstops against each other, stopping the cap when it has been screwed uptightly, preventing its being turned too far, and leaving thedischarge-tube in its proper position at right angles with the bail.

G represents the carrying-bail the ends of which are attachedin loops Mon opposite sides of the case A. These loops are formed by bendingupward the strengthening-wire h around the upper end of the case, saidwire being surrounded by the edge of the metal in the usualA manner forwiring tinware. At the points where the loops z' t' are formed the metalis, of course, cut away, to allow them to pass upward, as shown.

The bead formed around the upper end of the case by the wire h naturally'forms a shoulder around the inside as well as the ontside of the case;and the shoulder inside overlaps part of the packing, so as to hold thesame more rmly in place.

The glass can being made slightly tapering, as described, it becomes, asit were, wedged in the outside case, and if thecan should become brokenit will not necessitate the injury of the outside case for removing thecan.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an oil-can,the combination ofthe screw-collar G with the screw-capD, having the outlet-tube D', arranged in said cap, and stops b and d,arranged respectively on the collar and cap, whereby the outlet-tube,when the cap is screwed on, is always at right angles to the bail,substantially as described.

2. An oil-can, consisting of an outer cylindrical metal case, having astrengtheningwire around its top, forming an interiorshoulder, aninterior glass can made tapering from top to bottom, and an interposedpacking, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

-In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

WM. H. BARTELS.

- Witnesses:

C. H. MGEWEN, GEORGE E. UPHAM.

